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09-09-2005	#1 (permalink)
iamsam Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 98	bashrc well im more used to red hat/fedora than slackware, and i know in the ~/.bashrc file is where you usually edit aliases etc. and i was trying 2 do that on slackware but when i ran vi ~/.bashrc it wasnt a file so i was wonder what file i need 2 edit these things

09-09-2005	#2 (permalink)
bryansmith Linux Guru Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: /Ontario/Canada Posts: 2,622	Maybe the Post-Install Configuration section on this page will help. Bryan __________________ Looking for a distro? Look here. "There can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience." - Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason) Queen's University - Arts and Science 2008 (Sociology) Registered Linux User #386147.

09-11-2005	#3 (permalink)
valan Linux Engineer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ft. Polk, LA Posts: 794	If .bashrc doesn't exist, create it and it will be used like expected.

09-11-2005

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Gnux

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Re: bashrc

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Originally Posted by iamsam

well im more used to red hat/fedora than slackware, and i know in the ~/.bashrc file is where you usually edit aliases etc. and i was trying 2 do that on slackware but when i ran vi ~/.bashrc it wasnt a file so i was wonder what file i need 2 edit these things

Just type touch .bashrc in ur home directory and then do ur staff. An other possibility is to use /etc/profile

09-11-2005	#5 (permalink)
kern Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 668	> .bash_profile you could use /etc/profile.d/ and put a script there, but dont edit the profile directly.

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